OCI Cloud Platform Engineer — AI & Research Infra

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel allowance

Bonus

Pension with employer contributions

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build and operate a secure OCI-based platform for enterprise apps, research and AI workloads. You will collaborate with Infrastructure, Cyber Security and Software Engineering to apply code-driven cloud services and automation.

You’ll implement IAM, networking, monitoring and cost governance, while delivering scalable, reliable services and reusable patterns for AI teams.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with OCI or another major public cloud platform.
• Experience designing and supporting secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Experience using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, security, monitoring and backup.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Linux administration experience.
• Scripting in Bash, PowerShell or Python.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation and communication skills.
• OCI certifications desirable; experience with OKE, Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.
• Experience supporting AI, data, research or HPC workloads.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, automate and operate secure, scalable OCI platform services and workloads.
• Manage OCI networking, compute, storage, identity, DNS, load balancing, object storage, monitoring and logging.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, with Git-based CI/CD
• Implement cloud security controls, IAM roles and policies, network segmentation, secrets management, vulnerability remediation and audit requirements.
• Establish platform monitoring, alerting, logging, capacity management, backup, disaster recovery and incident-response procedures.
• Manage patching, upgrades, lifecycle management and service reliability for cloud workloads.
• Support application, research and AI teams with reusable cloud patterns and self-service capabilities.
• Optimize OCI consumption, performance and cost, working with stakeholders on forecasting and governance.
• Maintain architecture documentation, standards, runbooks and operational procedures.

Skills

OCI experience

Terraform

Git & CI/CD

Linux administration

Scripting: Bash/PowerShell/Python

IAM & security

Cloud networking & monitoring

Documentation & communication

Cloud platform design

Education

OCI certifications (Architect Associate/Professional)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE)

Job description

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build and operate a secure OCI-based platform for enterprise apps, research and AI workloads. You will collaborate with Infrastructure, Cyber Security and Software Engineering to apply code-driven cloud services and automation.

You’ll implement IAM, networking, monitoring and cost governance, while delivering scalable, reliable services and reusable patterns for AI teams.